(PLATE 17.)
_Perroquet de la Guadeloupe_ Du Tertre, Hist. Nat. Antill. II, p. 250,
fig. p. 246 (1667).
_Perroquets_ Labat, Voy. aux iles de l'Amér., vol. II p. 214 (1742).
_Psittacus violaceus_ Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, p. 337 (1788).
Labat's translated original description is as follows:--"Those of
Guadaloupe are a little smaller than the _Aras_; they have the head, the
neck, and the belly slate colour with a few green and black feathers, the
back is entirely green, and the wings are yellow and red."
Gmelin's description reads thus:--"Ps. violaceus viridi et nigro admisto
varius, dorso ex fusco viridi, remigibus majoribus nigris, reliquis ex
luteo, viridi, et rubro variis, tectricum macula rosea. Rostrum et orbitae
incarnata."
Du Tertre's description is as follows:--"He is about as big as a fowl, has
the beak and eyes bordered with red. All the feathers of the head, neck and
belly are of a violet colour, a little mixed with black and green, shot
like the throat of a pigeon. All the upper part of the back is green,
strongly washed with brown. Outer primaries black, rest yellow, green and
red."
No specimens in collections.
Habitat: Guadaloupe.